Let's Get Creative! : Writing Fiction That Sells

Foreword xv Preface xvii Introduction xix Advice to Beginning Writers In the Beginning 2(6) Novels and Short Stories 8(3) Logan's Run 11(4) In the Land of You 15(5) A Basic Requirement 20(5) Finding the Time to Write 25(2) Expressing Your Individuality 27(1) Developing a Writing Style 28(1) Don't Compromise 29(2) Clarity in Prose 31(2) Breaking the Block 33(3) A Writer's Material and Tools Harvesting Your Dreams 36(17) Homing in on Your Hometown 53(2) Where Ideas Come From 55(2) Those Golden Notebooks 57(13) The Outline 70(2) The Importance of Research 72(3) How Is the Weather? 75(1) Humor as a Tool 76(4) Character Development Characterization within Action 80(1) Building a Character 81(3) Making the Reader Care 84(2) Putting Your Hero Through the Fire 86(2) Character Transformation 88(2) Terminating Your Characters 90(6) Techniques for Writing Fiction Hooking Your Reader 96(6) Point of View 102(2) Diving into `The Pool' 104(17) Employing the Five Senses 121(1) Describing Your Fictional Worlds 122(4) Dialogue 126(4) Suspense 130(1) Stay with the Heat 131(2) Developing Conflict 133(2) Climax as Resolution 135(1) The Right Ending 136(14) Creating an Echo 150(2) Revision 152(4) Writing Screenplays Shifting Gears 156(6) Adapting `The Party' 162(32) Selling Your Writing The Truth About Publishing 194(3) Let's Talk About Agents 197(3) Ego 200(2) Versatility 202(2) Self-Discipline Full Time 204(2) How to Cope with Rejection 206(3) Resources 209(4) Index 213(6) About the Author 219